Alladian language

Kwa language spoken in Ivory Coast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alladian (Alladyan, Allagia, Allagian) is one of the Lagoon languages of Ivory Coast. It is a Kwa language, closely related to Avikam, but otherwise its position is unclear.

NativetoIvory Coast

Native speakers

(23,000 cited 1993)^[1]

Language family

Atlantic–Congo
- Kwa
  - Avikam–Alladian
    - Alladian

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Alladian
Native to	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	(23,000 cited 1993)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Avikam–Alladian Alladian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ald`
Glottolog	`alla1248`

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Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of the Alladian language are shown in the chart below.^[2]^[3]

More information Bilabial, Labiodental ...

		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Labial–palatal	Palatal		Labial–velar		Velar
Nasal			m				n				ɲ
Plosive		p	b			t	d				c	ɟ	k͡p	ɡ͡b	k	g
Affricate
Fricative				f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Approximant	Median									ɥ		j	w
Approximant	Lateral						l

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The consonant sound /l/ has two allophones; /r/ and /ɾ/.

Vowels

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	Front	Near-front	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close		ɪ
Close-mid	e, ẽ		o, õ
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛ̃		ɔ, ɔ̃
Open	a, ã

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Tones

There are two tones. High tone and low tone.

References

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